Fortitude Valley railway station

Fortitude Valley railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Located beneath the Valley Metro complex, it serves the central Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. The station is one of four inner city stations that form a core corridor through the centre of Brisbane.<ref name="bc2017">Template:Cite web</ref>

Pedestrian access to the station is via two thoroughfares near the corner of Brunswick and Wickham Streets and a pedestrian overpass connecting to McWhirters. There is also a lesser known entrance through the car park at the Northern side of the station, both out to Alfred Street in the West and Alden Street in the east, the latter through a secluded lift in the eastern side of the car parking complex.

On the Path to the overpass to McWhirters, exists two escalators that lead down to Wickham Street, however due to political issues these escalators are non-functional and are normally closed off with a metal door.

History

The station opened on 1 November 1890 as Brunswick Street with the completion of the railway from Brisbane Central.<ref>Towards a unified rail system Queensland Rail</ref><ref>Fortitude Valley Centre for the Government of Queensland</ref>

In July 2007, an upgrade on the station commenced but being a busy station, only two platforms were able to be upgraded at any one time.<ref>Brunswick Street Station Upgrade Underway Queensland Government 5 June 2007</ref>

The upgrade was completed in October 2008 with escalators, lifts, new lighting, updated passenger information displays and upgraded flooring.<ref>Beautiful Brunswick Street Template:Webarchive 612 ABC Brisbane 31 March 2008</ref> With the upgrade completed, the station was renamed Fortitude Valley.<ref>Station revamp gives Fortitude Valley new lease on life Queensland Government 10 October 2008</ref><ref>All aboard Brisbane's soundwave station Brisbane Times 11 October 2008</ref>

An upgrade of the Valley Metro Shopping centre (building that exists around the station) commenced in 2017 and has the potential to upgrade the entrances to the station.

Services

Fortitude Valley station is served by all suburban and interurban City network lines.<ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref name="Springfield line timetable">Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref><ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref> Also see Inner City timetable<ref>Template:Queensland Timetables</ref>

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
1	Airport	City, Boggo Road & Varsity Lakes	<ref name=Timetable600014>[[[:Template:Translink stop]] Fortitude Valley Platform 1] TransLink</ref>
	Doomben	City, Roma Street & Boggo Road	<ref name=Timetable600014/>
		City & Cleveland	Peak hours only<ref name=Timetable600014/>
	Ferny Grove	City & Beenleigh	<ref name=Timetable600014/>
	Shorncliffe	City & Cleveland	<ref name=Timetable600014/>
2	Airport	Brisbane Airport Domestic	<ref name=Timetable600013>[[[:Template:Translink stop]] Fortitude Valley Platform 2] TransLink</ref>
	Doomben	Doomben	<ref name=Timetable600013/>
	Ferny Grove	Ferny Grove	<ref name=Timetable600013/>
	Shorncliffe	Northgate & Shorncliffe	<ref name=Timetable600013/>
3	Caboolture	City, Springfield Central, Ipswich & Rosewood	<ref name=Timetable600010>[[[:Template:Translink stop]] Fortitude Valley Platform 3] TransLink</ref>
	Redcliffe Peninsula	City, Springfield Central & Ipswich	<ref name=Timetable600010/>
	Sunshine Coast	City, Springfield Central & Ipswich	<ref name=Timetable600010/>
4	Caboolture	Caboolture	<ref name=Timetable600011>[[[:Template:Translink stop]] Fortitude Valley Platform 4] TransLink</ref>
	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	<ref name=Timetable600011/>
	Sunshine Coast	Nambour & Gympie North	<ref name=Timetable600011/>

External links

• Fortitude Valley station Queensland Rail
• Fortitude Valley station Queensland's Railways on the Internet